HOANG BAGS MASSIVE DAY 1A STACK

Tan Hoang went on an incredible multi-level heater at the end of the night to top the leaderboard as 22 players Bag-a-Stack in Day 1A of the @HPTpoker $1,650 Main Event @Gates_Poker in Black Hawk, CO.

A much larger than normal - for an opening flight - 131-entry field came out to get a 30,000 stack in action. The runner-up here last September to Jay McVeigh, Hoang (871,000) leads the way with one of the largest Day 1 flights bagged in HPT's 16-season history.

He wrapped up the night by pushing a challenger off a 175,000 pot, showing 4-5 for total air. When you're running good, nobody wants to take a chance you hit yet another monster.

Ted Ramos (281,000) and John Reiter (241,000) round out the top three stacks.

Among those who appeared today but left without a Day2Bag was Mick Pupillo, Danny Gonzales, Craig Casino, Cody Brinn, Mike Englert, Ed Sebesta, John Beauprez, Jarod Minghini, Ryan Dodson, Gary Germann, Jay McVeigh, David Gutfreund and Mane Lai.

Here's the 22 players, from a 131-entry starting field, moving on to Sunday's 11am Day 2 restart.

Tan	Hoang	871,000
Ted	Ramos	281,000
John	Reiter	241,000
Kevin	Clyde	232,000
Danny	Turner	190,000
Thomas	Fuller	188,000
John	Gaudreault	187,000
Matt	Livingston	169,000
Phil	Gioia	156,000
HIll	Kerby	151,000
Danny	Pham	146,000
Paul	Franendienst	131,000
John	Holdren	131,000
Christopher	Ritsema	127,000
Kim	Kriter	107,000
Jon	Glendenning	107,000
Jeremy	Brown	100,000
Justin	Quincannon	98,000
Rory	Hayes	96,000
Jared	Ingles	89,000
Danny	Crews	78,000
Doug	Smith	54,000

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